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The demand for workers among British businesses has risen to its highest level
in nearly a year, one of the country’s biggest recruitment companies has
said in a report to be published today, lifting hopes that the private
sector may help to offset public sector job cuts.

Reed.co.uk said that its job index had climbed to the highest level since
December last year. Demand for new workers was particularly strong in the
manufacturing and marketing sectors.

But Reed also said that the number of applicants competing for each vacancy
had continued to rise, pushing down the average starting salary to